St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-22

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REv T.RAR KE R nSie par aDGqs
appearance, except the shape of his
head. He dresses figure of medium
height and strong build, in a brOadclOth
trousers, which seem to have been
chopped off abruptly at his
ankles. A bit of white shirt
and the edge of white collar, beneath
which is tucked strip of black tie, are
just visible under his massive chin. His
face is clearly shaved. full and ford,
his mouth large and his eyes almost
closed in by dropping lids. But his
forehead is massive: it reaches out and
extends back to the top of Uranium
covered with long, struggling hair, just
turning gray, that seems to bulge in
every direction with intellect. When he
stood his form was trif1e bent and round
shOuldered. He folded his handSin front
when he began, but before the second
sentence was finished he was fussing
with large white handkerchief. and
when he got to the heart of his lecture
he carried the audience right with him,
acting and talking at the same time.
DIR. Dana, who presided at the meeting,
introduced DR.. Parker as the incumbent
of the pulpit of the City temple, Lon
don, and welcomed him because of his
intimacy with Gladstone. He bowed
modestly. He dared not claim the honor
of intimacy with such
AN ILLUSTRIOUS MAN : k
as Gladstone. But, notwithstanding
his eminence," continued the lecturer,
"there is hardly any man more APP
proachable. You will want to hear
something of his personal appearance.
do not know any man whose personal
appearance it would be more difficult
him he seemed to me to have
at least fifty different and vary
ing expressions of c0untenance.
He is one of those men with whom You
must be in long communion before you
Begin to know him. Does he smile,
then even that CRSar-like nose becomes
an almost agreeable and amiable feature,
Does he listen; did ever man see the
picture of an eagle listening for ap-
preaching prey? Is he amused, in
stantly all his features are relaxed. y Is
he stern; then his appearance is ike
kind of day of judgment, full of awful
ness, solemnity and grandeur. The last
thing you would think of doing with
such man would be to trlf1e with him.
/ suppose in reality he is about the me-
dunn height, but l have seen him when
he seemed quite short of stature, and at
other times when he seemed quite tall
man. If YOU were to ask me about his
voice, | should say that | never heard
such voice. 1t is round, full, solemn,
noble, mellifluous, musical. Other
men in addressing great au-
diences roar and shout and
exclaim, and are altogether notable be-
cause of the effort they are making.
When Mr.. Gladstone rises to address
tumultous assembly, his Aoice is heard
along the outermoSt line of the great
multitude, and every word falls like
peal Oh the most distant nearer. L
never knew any man so keenly
interested in whatever he tskes in
hand. He is not a specialist, and yet
in another sense, he is a specialist in
whatever he undertakes. Whatever he
knows he knows through and through.
l have been told by those who know
him most intimately that they never
knew any man who had the faculty OF
turning
AWAY FROM THIS SUBJECT
and fastening upon that as if it was the
only subject he ever gave any attention
to. And he is equally strong at every
point. He does not know anything
that he processes to know imperfectly
or partially. He either knows it alto
gether, OF he does not assume to know
anything about ii"
Speaking of Gladstone's great knowl
edge and versatility, the lecturer grew
most eloquent. He talked of Gladstone
as ambassador to the Ionian islands, adj
dressing Greek parliament in modern
Greek; at Florence, teaching the native
Indians their own language; standing
before Bismarck and speaking in the
cultural of the Germans; addressing
large assembly in Paris in faultleSS
French. His voice changed:
lis this the kind of man to be
sneered at by boys of eighteen? There
are boys in London who know so much
more about foreign questions and Irish
politics than Mr.. Gladstone; boys OF
eighteen who turn up their noses at Mr..
Gladstone; boys who could never know
one-thousandt part what he does, that
presume to tell him how to proceed.
LIFETIME speak of his magnaminity.
No man can point to a single sentence
in all the elOquence of Gladstone that.
is merely spiteful or reyengeful, or
tinetured with party malice, or party
feeling. He treats every man as a gen
tleman and treats every speaker as an
honest man, and when he answers an
argument he answers it as an honest
man, with view to the conviction of
his opponent" 2qtl
DR.. Parker spoke of Gladstone's rela-3
lions with DiSraeli. He made the audi
ence roar with his imitation of the dead
premier. Disraeli had called Gladstone
nd hn1 Nlynra IN i'm
as man without a single redeeming
vice. 4
lin parliament, is he about to answer
a question he does not want to answer,
/ know of no man who can be so i'll
finitely civil and so infinitely wanting
in lumination.'' Starting an anecdOte,
the lecturer said: "0nce when Mr..
Gladstone
WAS OUT OF POWER"
but then he stopped abruptly and
began, ''He was out of Office; he was
never out of power in England" Woe
betide the man that rushes reeklessly
Into Mr.. GladStone'S presence as a con-
troyersialiSt, but let some man go to
Mr.. Gladstone and say to him. L want
you to tell me about this and he will
down and teach that man like father
schoolmaster.
''Mr. GladStone'S speeches always take
a large view of every question. He
never addresses himself to any question
in it's isolated lines. He always dis
cusses it In its relation to all other sub
jects. When he is done you have it in
perspective, in proportion, ip all color
and harmony, and it is part of great
philosophy. Men say we cannot
answer him now. We must read his
speeches before we eanreply.
"He is a progressive man. He is as
young to-day as he ever was. He began
as a Tory. Macaulay sait in the Edin-